Total positivity of the copula measure and the positive dependence hierarchy #
A bivariate copula C is TP2 as a measure (IsTP2Measure) if for all measurable sets
S₁ ≤ S₂ and T₁ ≤ T₂ of [0,1] (every point of the first set below every point of the
second)
C(S₁ × T₂) · C(S₂ × T₁) ≤ C(S₁ × T₁) · C(S₂ × T₂).
For absolutely continuous copulas this is Lehmann's positive likelihood ratio dependence: we
prove that an MTP2 (log-supermodular) Lebesgue density implies it
(HasMTP2Density.isTP2Measure), by integrating the pointwise TP2 inequality as in the
basic composition formula of Karlin. The measure form also covers singular copulas: M is TP2
as a measure but has no density.
From IsTP2Measure we obtain, by choosing the four sets as intervals, the top of the positive
dependence hierarchy of Nelsen, An Introduction to Copulas, 2nd ed., §5.2.3, and Joe,
Multivariate Models and Dependence Concepts (1997), §2.1:
TP2 density ⟹ IsTP2Measure ⟹ SI(V|U) and SI(U|V) (i.e. CI) ⟹ LTD, RTI ⟹ PQD
⟹ LCSD (= TP2 CDF) ⟹ LTD in both directions
⟹ RCSI (= TP2 survival function) ⟹ RTI in both directions
rectMass C S T denotes the copula mass of the product set S × T.
Total positivity of order two of the copula measure on ordered product sets.
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Rectangle masses #
Integrating the pointwise TP2 inequality #
An MTP2 Lebesgue density makes the copula measure TP2 on ordered product sets (Lehmann's positive likelihood ratio dependence).
Consequences of TP2 of the copula measure #
TP2 of the measure is symmetric in the coordinates.
TP2 of the measure implies TP2 of the CDF, i.e. LCSD (Nelsen, §5.2).
TP2 of the measure implies LCSD.
TP2 of the measure implies stochastic increasingness of V given U.
TP2 of the measure implies stochastic increasingness in both directions (CI).
TP2 of the measure implies TP2 of the joint survival function, i.e. RCSI.
TP2 of the measure implies RTI in both directions.
The density level of the hierarchy #
An MTP2 density implies stochastic increasingness (Lehmann 1966; Nelsen, §5.2.3).
An MTP2 density implies conditional increasingness in both directions.
An MTP2 density implies a TP2 CDF (LCSD).
An MTP2 density implies LCSD.
An MTP2 density implies RCSI.
Benchmarks #
M is TP2 as a measure although it has no MTP2 density
(not_hasMTP2Density_comonotonic): the density level of the hierarchy is strictly stronger.